After his one-punch knockout of junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton on Saturday night, Pacquiao is still the sport's No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter and No. 1 all-time with four lineal championships in four weight classes (112, 126, 130 and 140).

Now that Bernard Hopkins has returned to the ring with his skills intact, the 42-year-old Philadelphia native sees no reason to stop. Hopkins says he feels strong in his "new body" as a light heavyweight. He distinguished himself as one of the all-time great middleweight champs, making a record 21 consecutive title defenses before Jermain Taylor beat him in 2005.

Turning back the clock with a masterful performance, Bernard Hopkins won a unanimous decision over light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver on Saturday, capping an 18-year career with an upset for the ages. "Half man, half amazing!" he yelled to the crowd, standing on the ring ropes when it was over.

I like my heavyweights big and I like 'em bad. Not Mike Tyson I'm-gonna-chew-your-children bad, or sneering Sonny Liston-bad, mind you. I just don't want to think of the world's symbolic strongman as being even a teensy bit timid or reluctant in the ring particularly when the man is 6-foot-5, 250 pounds and capable of punching holes through buildings, as Lennox Claudius Lewis once did when sufficiently provoked.